San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-08-19
ODDS AND ENDS.

The lyric which cost Tennyson the most
trouble was "Come into the Garden, Maud"
Wilson, the unequaled ornithologist, earned
his living in youth as journeyman weaver.
Lotus blossoms are gathered at Prairie du
Chen, Wis, and sold on the streets Of Madi-
son.
Edgar Poe's father was law student, and
his mother an actress named Elizabeth Ar
mold.
The location of a congregational college at
Fargo is assured. A $4,000 building will be
erected
Oregon imports much of the butter she
consumes, though there Is no better dairy
country in the world than Oregon.
There is a church in the east end of Lon
don where parties so desiring can be married
for seven pence ha' penny.
The crown prince Of Germany is said to
have been beyond question the handsomest
man in England's jubilee procession.
There are l0S cotton mills in the south.
Georgia heads the list with 80, Tennessee
comes next with q, and Alabama 90
Sir t. F. Buxton says he owed more to his
fathers gamekeeper, who could neither read
nor write, than to any other source of knowl-
edge.
The day the postal treaty with Mexico
went into effect leading Sc Louis citizens
sent President Diaz a shaving outfit and Mrs.
Diaz an elegant feather fan.
Nine Cinnamon caught coming into this
country from British Columbia were refused
domicile in this country, and had to pay $50
per head to the British Columbia government
for permission to return there.
Among the nations which do not tax i'm
ported works Of art are England, France,
Germany, Italy and the Netherlands. The
United States, China, Turkey, Mexico and
Canada rank with those that do.
The convicts in the prison at Saltwater,
Mimi, are making arrangements for the
issuance of a weekly newspaper to be called
The Prison Mirror. Lew Schoonmaker is to
be the editor. He has edited a paper in
Waupun, Wis.
Boston has a new club, just organized 1t
Is called the Charming Club, is composed ex-
clusively Of young Unitarian laymen, and
the membership is limited to 100. The pur-
pose Of the club is to do hearty work for the
Unitarian church.
The population Of Vienna was increased by
s2,ooo during the past year, and now en-
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A Boston man, after getting on Brooklyn
street car, discovered that he had no change
less than $50 bill. The conductor lent him
his fare and the man took his name and ad-
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OF Athens, Ga, wanting to get the plate Of
the Confederate postage stamp printed at
Athens The Banner Waterman printed
those stamps at the old office on Broad street.
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and containing all the chapters of the Book
OF the dead, mas been received and unrolled
az the sage Library In New Brunswick, N. j.
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sitting IN tne FORKS OF an oak tree near
CenterVilie' fla', eating watermelon, when
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The foundation stone Of the woman's
jubilee offering in England-the Prince Con-
sorts equestrian statue-was laid with his
torical mallet The queen used the same
mallet which George Ill handled to lay the
first stone OF the gateway, between the York
and Lancaster towers, at Windsor castle, in
August, 1874. Since then it has been used by
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